ESCWA is organizing the sixth meeting of the Technical Advisory Group on Demographic and Social Statistics in Arab Countries.
The meeting is aimed at:
- Reviewing and discussing the ESCWA work programme on “Supporting the Promotion and Modernization of Demographic and Social Statistics in Arab Countries”;
- Demonstrating the availability of data on basic demographic and social indicators;
- Reconsidering the basic list of relevant sustainable development indicators in Arab countries, discussing tools for collecting data for these indicators, and formulating proposed solutions to fill the data gap;
- Presenting an overview of migration statistics by viewing the report “The Status of Asylum and Displacement Statistics in Arab Countries”;
- Reviewing developments in censuses, civil registration, vital statistics and statistical surveys.
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